Dictionary Entry
clout
clout is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
- 2noun
A swadding cloth.
- 3noun
A piece; a fragment.
- 4noun
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
- 5noun
An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
- 6noun
A blow with the hand.
- 7noun
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
- 8noun
To join or patch clumsily.
- 9noun
To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
- 10noun
To give a blow to; to strike.
- 11noun
To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
- 12noun
(boxing) a blow with the fist
"I gave him a clout on his nose"
- 13noun
a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood
- 14noun
special advantage or influence
"the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"
Synonyms
- 15noun
a target used in archery
- 16verb
strike hard, especially with the fist
"He clouted his attacker"
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